Thread: Marco Rubio: Gang Of Eight ‘Was the Best We Could Do’ In Senate at That Time

by CHARLIE SPIERING
15 Feb 2016
1,133 comments

Speaking to voters in South Carolina, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) defended his participation in the Senate Gang Of Eight immigration reform bill, arguing that the bill that passed in the Senate as written wasn’t the final draft of the law that would be signed by President Obama.

“The Senate immigration law was not headed toward becoming law. Ideally it was headed towards the House where conservative members of the House were going to make it even better,” he said. “It was the best we could do given the fact of who was running the Senate at the time.”

Rubio was questioned by a voter about his previous support for the bill during a town hall in Rock Hill, South Carolina.



But Rubio insisted that he “complained about” about the weakness of the bill after it passed the Senate, even though at the time he worked to promote the bill among conservatives.

He explained that the Gang of Eight bill was a “starting point” and not at all what he would do if elected president.

“When I’m president, we’re not doing anything until illegal immigration is under control and we’ve secured our border,” he said. “And until that happens, nothing else is going to happen. Period.”

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"the best you could do" for whom? Not the American People or the United States. Not American citizens, American workers and American taxpayers. Who were you all working for "at the time"? I'll tell you, the same people you're still working for today, your rich donors who want massive immigration and free trade treason.

Not buying it because you could have easily walked out of the negotiations without affixing your name to the bill.